Vol 59 No 21 | NIGERIA The flight into Israel 26th October 2018 The leader of the supposed Igbo independence movement, Nwannekaenyi 'Nnamdi' Kenny Okwu Kanu, seems to have turned up in Israel after going on the run from a trial...
Vol 47 No 9 | NIGERIA Veteran rebels 28th April 2006 The top managers of the new Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD) are Lawal Kaita (former Kaduna State Governor under President Shehu Shagari); Ghali Na'abba (Speaker of the House...
Vol 61 No 19 | NIGERIA Buhari goes to the market 24th September 2020 The pandemic has forced the government to end subsidies and move towards cost-reflective electricity pricing – and risk the fallout Shrinking oil revenues and the wider economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic are putting pressure on policymakers to limit the damage. In the short term that will mean...
Vol 47 No 23 | NIGERIA Sekibo and the drones 17th November 2006 With President Olusegun Obasanjo's sacking of Transport Minister Abiye Sekibo on 6 October, the row over the 215 million euro (US$275.5 mn.) contract to supply aerial drones for...
Vol 54 No 21 | NIGERIA Ibori treasure hunt to go on 17th October 2013 The ex-governor fraudster is going to make the Crown work for his loot. Now, a ‘retrial’ will investigate his assets fully in 2014 The process of deciding how much of ex-Delta State Governor James Ibori’s assets the Crown will confiscate will now continue in what promises to be high courtroom drama...